Current Show
The Gingerbread Lady
May 16th-26th at New Helvetia Theatre
Come see the regional premiere of The Gingerbread Lady! Box office will be open 90 minutes prior to showtime, but we can’t promise there will be any remaining seats. Buy your tickets online today!
Neil Simon’s The Gingerbread Lady (1970) is a dark drama with comic overtones centering on Evy Meara, a cabaret singer whose career, marriage, and health have all been destroyed by alcohol. We meet her at the end of a ten week drying out period at a sanitarium when her two best friends and daughter try to help her adjust to sobriety. Evy’s efforts to host a party crumble when she falls off the wagon and careens toward tragedy.
Past Shows
Ordinary Days
March 7-30th at New Helvetia Theatre
Written by one of the most promising musical theatre writers in the business. ORDINARY DAYS is a refreshingly honest and funny musical about making real connections in the city that never sleeps. ORDINARY DAYS tells the story of four young New Yorkers whose lives intersect as they search for fulfillment, happiness, love and cabs. Through a score of vibrant and memorable songs, their experiences ring startlingly true to life. ORDINARY DAYS is an original musical for anyone who’s ever struggled to appreciate the simple things in a complex place.
Next to Normal
Extended through November 3rd!
October 4-27 at The Studio Theatre
This Pulitzer Prize winner centers around the life of suburban housewife Diana Goodman as she struggles with delusional bipolar depression. In this powerhouse production, the Goodman family discovers what they will do keep their family intact and asks themselves what is sane, healthy, and normal. As the New York Times aptly observed, “Next to Normal does not qualify as your standard feel-good musical; instead it is something much more: a feel-everything musical.”
Here are some of the fabulous reviews for Next to Normal:
- “An extraordinary piece of theatre.”
- “Just the right blend of intimate and edgy that is the hallmark of the NHT.”
- “Smart and funny…this production is exceptional in every way.”
Jim Carnes, Sacramento News and Review
- “Powerful and provocative…Next to Normal never backs off.”
- “Dramatic and intense… humor, subtle irony, outstanding performances”
- “The honesty of the play and the integrity of the lucid new production at New Helvetia Theatre pay off handsomely with a rich experience for audiences ”
-Marcus Crowder, Sacramento Bee
Merrily We Roll Along
April 6-21 at 24th Street Theatre
Lyrics and Music by Stephen Sondheim
Book by George Furth
Little Fish
October 14-29
By Michael John LaChiusa
Suggested by Short Stories by Deborah Eisenberg
Featuring
Maggie Hollinbeck
With
Rosemary Babich
Danielle Hansen
Craig Howard
Steve Minow
Andrew Perez
Tristan Rumery
Nanci Zoppi*
Directed by
Connor Mickiewicz
Music Direction by
Graham Sobelman
*indicates member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Members in the United States.
They’re Playing Our Song
Book by Neil Simon
Music by Marvin Hamlisch
Lyrics by Carole Bayer Sager
March 11-April 2 2011
The Artisan Theatre
Featuring
Jerry Lee and Nanci Zoppi*
With
Rosemary Babich
Joseph Boyette
Rebecca Mason
T. Patrick Van
Hilary Wells
Mike Yee
Directed by
Connor Mickiewicz
Music Direction by
Graham Sobelman
Choreography by
Kiera Anderson
*indicates member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Members in the United States.
2010
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Music & Lyrics by Jeff Bowen
Book by Hunter Bell
Directed by Erin Island
October 8-30 2010
The Artisan Theatre
With
Jerry Lee
Connor Mickiewicz*
Kiera O’Neil Anderson*
Melinda Parrett*
Graham Sobelman
*indicates member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Members in the United States.
It’s Only Life
A new musical revue
Accompanied by John Bucchino
Music and Lyrics by John Bucchino
Orginally conceived by
John Bucchino and Daisy Prince
Originally Directed by Daisy Prince
Musical Direction by Graham Sobelman
March 1, 2010
The Crest Theatre
Regional Premiere
With
Anna Ty Bergman*
Wendy James*
Melinda Parrett*
Connor Mickiewicz*
Tristan Rumery*
Mike Yee
Nanci Zoppi
*indicates member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Members in the United States.
2009
Tick, tick…BOOM!
Book, Music, & Lyrics by Jonathan Larson
David Auburn, Script Consultant
Directed by Erin Island & Connor Mickiewicz
Musical Direction by Graham Sobelman
October 21- November 14 2009
The Artisan Theatre
Starring:
Tristan Rumery*
Nanci Zoppi
Connor Mickiewicz*
*indicates member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Members in the United States.
HEDWIG and The Angry Inch
Text by John Cameron Mitchell
Music & Lyrics by Stephen Trask
Directed by Matthew Schneider
June 6-27 2009
The Artisan Theatre
Starring
Christopher Carlisle Davis*
With The New Humans and Nanci Zoppi
*indicates member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Members in the United States.
Celebration
Words by Tom Jones
Music by Harvey Schmidt
Directed by Connor Mickiewicz
Musical Direction by Graham Sobelman
January 17, 2009
The Crest Theatre
With
Bradford Anderson*
Kiera Anderson*
Rick Kleber*
Connor Mickiewicz*
Rosemary Babich
Josh Brown
Lauren Parker
Lafras le Roux
Julia Soto
Ryan Warren
Graham Sobelman
Jim Nakayama
